Open Enrollment

It’s that time of year again – open enrollment! During this time, you can enroll in a Marketplace health insurance plan or in certain Medicare plans. Here’s what you need to know about open enrollment for Medicare and Marketplace plans.

Highlights from the Hill

Read December's Highlights from the Hill to learn why we're speaking out in defense of Medicare's Six Protected Classes Policy, the implications of the Farm Bill for access to CBD, information about your last chance to enroll in a Marketplace plan, how we're gearing up for 2019, and more!

Epilepsy Foundation Advocacy

The Epilepsy Foundation is committed on behalf of people with epilepsy and their family members and caregivers to an effective advocacy program. Our priorities include:

•Securing federal funding for epilepsy programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), epilepsy research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and promoting safety, efficacy and research at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

•Ensuring access to health care that is affordable and physician-directed

•Fostering biomedical innovation through incentivizing development of new therapies and the promotion of research to gain a better understanding of causes, consequences, and outcomes, and, ultimately, cures for all the epilepsies

We work with thousands of grassroots advocates across the country to support policies that are advantageous to the epilepsy community. We advocate for these policies on the federal and state level. Sign up for our Speak Up, Speak Out! Advocacy Network to join the effort here.

Epilepsy Foundation

The Epilepsy Foundation, a national non-profit with nearly 50 local organizations throughout the United States, has led the fight against seizures since 1968.

The Foundation is an unwavering ally for individuals and families impacted by epilepsy and seizures. The Foundation works to prevent, control, and cure epilepsy through community services; public education; federal and local advocacy; and supporting research into new treatments and therapies. The Foundation works to ensure that people with seizures have the opportunity to live their lives to their fullest potential.

To learn more about epilepsy and the work the Foundation does, beyond advocacy, visit us at www.epilepsy.com.

Find your Local Resources:

Sign up for our Speak Up, Speak Out! Advocacy Network

Provide us with your contact information and we'll let you know about issues important to the epilepsy community.

Let's Use Our Brains to End Epilepsy

Epilepsy can affect anyone with a brain. And anyone with a brain can affect epilepsy.

We exist to End Epilepsy. That means increasing awareness and changing the conversation around epilepsy, improving and saving lives through care, advocacy, research and new therapies, and education, and mobilizing everyone to take action. Learn more here.

Why Advocacy Matters: Faces of the Epilepsy Community

The Epilepsy Foundation is collecting the stories of people with epilepsy who are affected by our policy priorities. Visit our Advocacy Matters page to read their stories and share your own.